Add technical regulations to avoid leaving students on the bus

Recently, the National Assembly officially passed the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety with 79.84% of the total number of delegates participating in the vote in favor.

The Law regulates road traffic rules; road vehicles; drivers of vehicles participating in road traffic; commanding and controlling road traffic; patrolling and controlling road traffic order and safety; handling road traffic accidents; and state management of road traffic order and safety.

One of the issues that has received a lot of public attention is the regulations on school buses, especially at the end of May when a heartbreaking incident occurred when a 5-year-old preschooler was left on a school bus, resulting in the child's death.

To limit such tragic incidents, the Law on Road Traffic Safety has devoted 1 article with 6 provisions on ensuring road traffic order and safety for cars carrying preschool children and students. Notably, the law sets out specific requirements to avoid the situation of forgetting children in cars because in reality there have been heartbreaking incidents that have caused social outrage.

Specifically, Article 46 stipulates that commercial vehicles transporting preschool children and students must have equipment to record images of preschool children and students. They must be equipped with devices that can warn and prevent children from being left in the vehicle. The vehicle must have a life span of no more than 20 years and must have a paint color according to Government regulations.

Vehicles carrying preschool or primary school children must have age-appropriate seat belts or use vehicles with age-appropriate seats as required by law.

The Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety stipulates that school buses must have image recording devices and devices with warning functions to prevent children from being left on the vehicle.

When picking up and dropping off preschool children and primary school students, there must be at least one manager on each vehicle to guide, supervise, maintain order and ensure the safety of preschool children and primary school students throughout the trip.

In case of vehicles with 30 seats or more and carrying more than 29 primary school students and preschool children, there must be at least 2 managers on each car.

The manager and driver are responsible for checking preschool children and primary school students when getting off the vehicle; preschool children and primary school students must not be left on the vehicle after the manager and driver have left the vehicle.

Drivers of cars transporting preschool children and students must have at least 2 years of experience driving passenger vehicles.

The law also stipulates that educational institutions must develop procedures to ensure safety when transporting and picking up preschool children and students; and provide instructions for drivers and managers of preschool children and students to fully understand and properly implement the procedures.

Must be responsible for ensuring order and road traffic safety when organizing pick-up and drop-off for preschool children and students of that educational institution.

Vehicles transporting preschool children and students are given priority in traffic flow organization, traffic regulation, and arrangement of stopping and parking areas in school areas and at points on the route to transport preschool children and students.

The passed law has a structure of 8 chapters with 89 articles and will take effect on January 1, 2025 .

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/bo-sung-cac-quy-dinh-ky-thuat-tranh-viec-bo-quen-hoc-sinh-tren-xe-a670609.html